clarsach
/ˈklɑːsək/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
15
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A small triangular wire-strung harp of Gaelic origin.
Example Sentences
- "And I, beside the lake of swans, / Shall hunt for thee the fallow deer; / And build thy hut and bring thee home / The wild fowl, and the honey-comb; / And berries from the wood provide, / And play my clarshech by thy side."
- "[S]he sate down at a little distance upon the bench on which Allan M‘Aulay was placed, and tuning her clairshach, a small harp, about thirty inches in height, she accompanied it with her voice."
- "He is particularly delighted by her skill in music, which is so exquisite, that she far exceeds the best performers in this country in playing on the clashach or harp."
- "They [the country people] preferred the sprightly springs of the fiddle when intent on the dance; or if pouring forth the sweet melody of the song, their choice accompaniment was unquestionably the clarsach (harp)."
- "After long thought, he took his clàrsach and went up through the ancient forest and out upon the desert of the great mountain which towers above all others in Emhain Abhlach. He played gently upon his clàrsach as he went, so that no wild thing molested him."
- "The craft of making clarsachs or harps continues despite the fact that of the three principal instruments played in Scotland over the centuries the clarsach is almost certainly the oldest."
Etymology
Origin
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈklɑːsək/
- British English: /ˈklɑːsək/
Inflected Forms
clarsachs (plural)
clareschaw (alternative)
clerschew (alternative)
clersha (alternative)
clarishoe (alternative)
clairschach (alternative)
clairshach (alternative)
clashach (alternative)
clàrsach (alternative)
clarseach (alternative)
clearsach (alternative)
Synonyms
Celtic harp
Gaelic harp